Abstract
Siphonidiidae Lendenfeld (Demospongiae, ‘lithistids’) contains three valid genera and about ten nominal species from deep water, occurring worldwide in warm seas. They are polymorphic, massive to cylindrical-clavate, with or without an atrial cavity, often with long fistules, or ear-to vase-and cup-shaped. Siphonidiidae are characterized by rhizoclone choanosomal desmas, and choanosomal exotylostyles and/or styles, and absence of any ectosomal spicules or microscleres. Genera are differentiated based on habitus and structure of the skeleton.
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Pisera, A., Lévi, C. (2002). Family Siphonidiidae Lendenfeld, 1903. In: Hooper, J.N.A., Van Soest, R.W.M., Willenz, P. (eds) Systema Porifera. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_38
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